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  • OSBIT Equips Technip with Bespoke Cable Handling System

    3 July 2014
    Technology

    Osbit Power supplied a bespoke cable handling system to Technip Offshore Wind, in support of its cable installation operations at Dong Energy’s Westermost Rough offshore wind farm. The quadrant system allows safe and efficient deployment and pull-in of infield cables, managing touch down on the seabed and ensuring protection of the product as it is […]

  • VSMC Lands Dudgeon Cable Deal

    3 July 2014
    Grid Connection

    VSMC has been awarded a EUR 110 million contract by Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited, owned by Norwegian companies Statoil and Statkraft, for the export and inter-array cabling for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm. VSMC will start in 2015 by performing two 1,100-metre horizontal directional drillings at the landfall, followed by the installation of two 42-km […]

  • Aqualis Acquires Offshore Wind Consultants

    27 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    Aqualis ASA announced on May 19 that it signed a memorandum of understanding to acquire Offshore Wind Consultants Limited, a leading provider of consultancy services to the offshore renewables industry. Following a financial, legal and operational due diligence, Aqualis and Offshore Wind Consultants have signed the definite share purchase agreement. The purchase price for 100 […]

  • China’s Offshore Wind to Pick Up the Pace

    25 June 2014

    Following the announcement by the Chinese government on feed-in tariff for offshore wind earlier this month, Fliss Jones wrote an article about it. Jones is a part of DNV GL, company which became one of the leading global providers of services for managing risk after a merger in September 2013. China’s offshore wind tariffs announced last week […]

  • Iberdrola to Invest in UK’s Energy Security

    24 June 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Ignacio Galán, chairman of IBERDROLA and ScottishPower, today told the UK Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Davey in London that the company’s ambitious investment programme in the UK will help ensure security of energy supply and was optimistic on bringing its major offshore wind programme to fruition. Secretary of State Davey was visiting IBERDROLA’s […]

  • Windreich Gets Deadline Extension for MEG 1

    24 June 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Germany’s wind energy developer, Windreich, got an extension of the deadline for the start of its MEG 1 offshore wind project located in the German North Sea. Windreich now has until 26 February 2016 to start the construction in order to keep the licence for the project. According to the original approval issued in 2009, […]

  • Alstom Board Unanimously Picks GE

    23 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    GE was informed that the Alstom Board of Directors has unanimously decided to positively recommend GE’s offer to acquire the Power and Grid businesses of Alstom. With this decision, the transaction will proceed with Works Councils consultation, customary regulatory approvals and Alstom shareholder approval. The deal is expected to close in 2015. GE Chairman and […]

  • Norstec Academy Takes On Three Journalism Students

    16 June 2014
    Training & Education

    The Norstec Academy will engage journalism students from the University of Lincoln and City University, London in a two week-long student tours of the offshore renewables industry. The tour “prize” is the outcome of a student competition launched in May this year and is focused on showcasing the wealth of opportunities offered by offshore renewables. […]

  • Finnish Company to Develop Wave Technology in UK

    24 February 2014
    R&D, Technology

    Finnish utilities company Fortum has signed an agreement to secure a berth at Wave Hub, the offshore renewable energy test facility in Cornwall. The leasing agreement gives Fortum the opportunity to deploy an array of advanced full scale wave power converters in real sea conditions at one of Wave Hub’s four berths. “This is as […]

  • GMS to Jack-Up to London Stock Exchange

    17 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    Abu Dhabi-based Gulf Marine Services (GMS) has announced that it is planning to enter the London Stock Exchange. GMS is one of the world’s largest providers of self-propelled, self-elevating accommodation jack-up barges. These platforms allow them to provide services throughout the total lifecycle of offshore oil, gas and renewable energy activities. These services include oil […]

  • VIDEO: SAL Offshore Deploys Tidal Turbine

    14 February 2014

    SAL Offshore’s main vessel, the DP Class II MV Lone, equipped with Work Class ROV, successfully installed the VOITH Hytide 1000-13 tidal turbine. Coming directly from her previous employment on the Parbuckling Project (Costa Concordia), the MV Lone proceeded to Stavanger in Norway to mobilize an ROV spread and project equipment. The mobilization was completed […]

  • German Offshore Wind to Reach 1.5GW This Year

    13 February 2014

    German wind energy group, Stiftung Offshore-Windenergie, commissioned by the Environment Ministry, has released a report on offshore wind in Germany, said Bloomberg. According to the report, Germany is planning to reach the figure of 1.5GW of installed offshore wind power capacity this year. This will be achieved by new ventures such as Global Tech I […]

  • Trump Loses Offshore Wind Fight

    11 February 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The Scottish Court of Session has rejected Trump’s objection to a planned GBP 230 million offshore wind farm. The U.S. billionaire claims that the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) in Aberdeenshire would ruin the view from his golf course at Menie. Lord Doherty said that he was “not persuaded that it could be fairly […]

  • French Floating Wind Project Lags Behind

    6 February 2014
    R&D, Technology

    After being announced as imminent on several occasions in 2013, the construction of the floating wind turbine prototype Winflo has still not commenced. For this reason, DCNS and Nass & Wind have decided to reconsider the project. Initially, the developers were planning to deploy a small-scale demonstrator with a 1MW turbine, while the final device […]

  • Denmark Approves Dong Capital Increase

    30 January 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Today, the Danish Parliament’s Finance Committee approved the agreement on capital investment in DONG Energy of approx DKK 13 billion. The investment comes partly from new investors, Goldman Sachs: DKK 8 billion, Arbejdsmarkedets Tillægspension: DKK 2.2 billion and PFA Pension Forsikringsaktieselskab: DKK 0.8 billion, and partly from existing minority shareholders. The combined investment of the existing […]

  • UK: Seawork 2013 Breaks Record

    21 June 2013

    Seawork has once again achieved full capacity, despite expanding the exhibition into a third hall. A vote of confidence for the exhibition, as well as the prospects for the industry, this year’s Seawork, which opens on Tuesday 25 June, promises to be the busiest yet with record numbers of new products being launched, demonstrations being […]

  • Europe Could Become First 100% Renewable Energy Continent

    21 June 2013

    The Global Alliance for 100% Renewable Energy criticises many legislators in Europe for still lacking full commitment to the transformation to renewable energy. At the European inauguration of the new Alliance in Munich, member organisations stated that renewable energy has become the key to Europe’s future economic and industrial development. However, according to the Alliance, […]

  • Global Wind Day to Be Celebrated All Over the World

    5 June 2013

    From Norway to Uruguay, Israel to India, hundreds of activities will allow people around the world to discover the power of wind energy on Global Wind Day, 15 June. From concerts in Croatia to boat trips in Japan, a video contest in Georgia and a comic workshop in Argentina, activities are many and varied, but […]

  • Seabirds Studied at Alderney as Part of Renewables Investigation

    29 May 2013
    Environment, R&D

    As a part of an investigation of wind and tidal energy potential of the Channel Islands, the Alderney Wildlife Trust is conducting a study on the island’s seabirds. The trust will observe feeding and foraging habits of shags and gannets for three years, using GPS technology to track their movements, the BBC reports. As explained […]

  • EMEC’s 10th Anniversary Celebrated at All-Energy, UK

    28 May 2013

      The renewable energy industry gathered on Wednesday, 22 May, to celebrate the European Marine Energy Centre’s (EMEC) 10th anniversary at the annual All-Energy Exhibition and Conference in Aberdeen. Over 250 people attended a reception held on the HI-energy and Orkney pavilions at the show, which featured a wide range of Orkney produce. The celebrations […]

  • Canada: NaiKun Posts Quarter Results

    28 May 2013

    NaiKun Wind Energy Group Inc.  (the “Company” or “NaiKun Wind”) announced its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2013, a fiscal period in which the Company continued to explore ways to forward the NaiKun Wind Project while controlling its costs. A substantial restructuring was undertaken in the third quarter of fiscal 2010 […]

  • Cape Wind Responds to Misleading Newspaper Ad (USA)

    27 May 2013

    Cape Wind has responded to Associated Industries of Massachusetts (AIM)  / Massachusetts Competitive Partnership (MCP) newspaper ad by issuing the following press release:  Big Picture: Cape Wind has been reviewed carefully for 12 years, during which time it has earned the approval of 17 Federal and State agencies that have confirmed Cape Wind would create […]

  • UK: NOC Hosts Lecture on Emerging Technologies for Marine Mapping

    23 July 2013

    The 2013 RGS-IBG/NOC lecture will be given by Dr Russell Wynn, Head of Marine Geoscience at the National Oceanography Centre. Dr Russell Wynn will cover aspects of marine mapping from the deep sea to shallow water, and include geohazards and emerging technologies. The talk will also consider the impact of such mapping on seabirds and […]

  • SeaZone Teams Up with Snowflake to Launch ‘HydroView Now: Features’ (UK)

    9 July 2013

    Comprised of key marine and nautical feature types from vector charting supplied by official International Hydrographic Organisation (IHO) chart producers, HydroView Now: Features is an ideal complement to the free-to-use HydroView Now: Basemap. Delivered through an authenticated geography mark-up language (GML) web feature service, organisations can utilise the service via an application programming interface (API) […]

  • UK: Ways to Lower OW Energy Costs

    3 July 2013

    Current wind farm projects have indicated that costs have stabilised at around £140 / €160 per MWh and regulators have put forward a challenge that offshore wind should reach a LCOE of £100 / €120 MWh by 2020, in order to maximise the size of the industry. Opportunities for savings across Offshore Wind finance, technology […]

  • Scottish Renewables Welcomes Government’s Announcement

    28 June 2013

    Following the recent announcements made by the UK government, Jenny Hogan, Director of Policy for Scottish Renewables released a statement. She said: “The UK Government’s commitment to provide extra support for renewable generators on the Scottish islands will help reassure investors who are faced with the highest grid connection charges in the UK – but […]